Life is constantly changing and moving, helped along by the decisions of yourself and those who can influence your life.
Today, my sister informed me that a friend of hers is moving out of her apartment into a new one, and might want to rent it out. Being of the age where I want to move out of home, and knowing a good friend of mine is also keen to move out of home and get a job, I've talked to her and it looks like if my sister can talk to her friend we'll be moving out together in a month or two. I know the girl who owns the apartment, and I know she has a dog the same breed as mine, so she should let me take my dog with me, which is a great thing, because I love my dog.
This also means I'd have to change my plans a little, not move to Canberra to study or work but do that here, either by whatever they do here or by correspondence. Neither of which worries me too much. It also means I'd still be able to have influence on the youth council I'm part of, and my youth development officer would probably get me to join the council.
It means I'd have time to get my license and learn to actually drive the car I've nearly payed off. I'd also probably be able to convince my best friend to stay here and either travel to study or only go to Canberra and come home on weekends. I'd also be allowed to drink more often.
On another note, I am among 3 people who are close to me suffering the pain of a piercing this week. I got my tragus, Jess has her lip and my sister Jacqui just got her tongue done tonight. We can discuss healing time, swelling and cleaning methods.
Now, I'm off to drink some coke, listen to the fish tank's new filter dribble water back through and listen to some good music.
This weekend was supposed to be dedicated to an open day for all the universities in Canberra. Instead, the things we will remember will be related to driving, cops, movies, and basically anything except the actual courses at the universities.
We checked out two places, the ANU and one of the CIT campus's. We drove through the ANU campus and learnt nothing of their courses because we left after we got lost, drove over an island and drove past a house whose entire members smelt strongly of sweat, stronger than I have ever smelt in my life.
We bailed on that and incidentally found a CIT campus on our way to a different CIT campus, and just stopped there. We learnt a little about the courses, had a nice time exploring and we got given free fairy floss on our way out. It was decent and we actually considered going to CIT.
We spent about 2 hours lost driving all over the place and all through the city, then once we were done at CIT we decided we were tired of looking at universities so we decided to go get some food.
We spent about 45 minutes giving Jess the worst outfits we could possibly find in a few stores. Then we decided to get some food and head home. That took about an hour to eat, and then on our way home we stopped at a Christmas decoration store in a tiny town.
The best part of the trip had to be the day before. The trip up was pretty decent, nothing too interesting, but we stopped at DFO and decided it would be a great idea to get a new piercing. So Jess and I got pierced, she got her lip done and I got my tragus done. I like this new piercing, and even though I was told things about it hurting a lot and making a 'pop' sound, it was pain free until I poked it today and there was no sound.
We also went to the movies last night to see Friends with Benefits. It was really funny and Justin Timberlake is really attractive, I think I might buy it when I can.
Anyway, I've got things to do before I can sleep since I am seriously sleep deprived having not slept more than probably 6 hours in the last two nights. I'm going to try to post a few photos over the next few days if they worked out properly.
Today was one of those days where you just don't manage to get out of bed until after lunch, or out of your sleep clothes at all. At this time, I should have been leaving school, contemplating a shower or thinking about when to eat something.
Sometimes in times of serious stress, my brain just stops functioning. There is no possible way for me to get my shit together by 8.55am and be at school and then manage to learn something on days when my brain decides to take a break. This means I'll usually spend 15 - 18 hours in bed, get up around lunch time, eat something really crappy that has no health benefits what so ever, then lounge around until I feel tired again, probably watching movies or TV or playing some game.
Today it took until 12.30pm to get out of bed, then I ate some fish & chips my mum got for me, and watched The Big Bang Theory until the second season ended and I was too lazy to get off the lounge and get the third season.
On another note, Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, and apparently Tim Cook has been appointed the new CEO. I'm kind of excited to see what's going to happen to their designs and products, and especially keen to see if the release of the iPhone 5 will be on track for early October or if they hold off for a bit.
Once again jumping topics, I'm off to Canberra for a university open day in Canberra tomorrow afternoon and coming home Saturday night. I'm excited for a few reasons; I get to see my nephew who is about 6 weeks old, and of course my lovely sister and her husband; I get to go out in Canberra with 2 of my best friends, Mel and Jess; I possibly get to meet one of Jess's good friends, Tim; and I get to inquire about various courses and campus's. Here's a lovely photo of Jess, myself and Mel taken about a month ago.
Of course, I should be more excited to go see a movie with these two and possibly Tim than I am to pour vodka into my slushy, but for the last week I've been feeling the need for some good old stress relief, and alcohol is usually a good start. I do like a good few drinks when the time comes, and that time often comes on a Friday and/or Saturday night. And drinking in a different environment when I have a designated driver, who is also on antibiotics and thus cannot drink even if she wanted to, is a nice way to begin half a weekend away.
Anyway, I have to eventually pack for the night way, my list including a bottle of vodka, a change of underwear, jeans, jumper and socks. Tomorrow nights clothing will be bought tomorrow afternoon while Jess gets her lip pierced, aside from my stockings which I'll be wearing, and my boots, which I'll also be wearing, and my jacket. So really I'm only buying a dress. I also have to remember to check my car's battery, make sure I have the appropriate travel things in the car, charge my phone, find the car keys in the car, and then remember to go to school in the morning.
I'm going to attempt to take some photos of things and places that are blog-worthy so I can start to post photos as well as my long text posts that are basically so I can remember my thought process's and things I've done this year without forgetting half of them.
Now, off to pack some clothing and pajamas. And makeup. And toiletries. And whatever else comes to mind at the time, and try to fit it into a handbag so I don't need anything bigger. And I need to have a super long shower tonight. Oh this is going to be a long afternoon. On the plus side, Jess will be here at some point, so then I can chill and have an excuse to not do anything.
The countdown is almost over, 77 total days until my last day of school, or more actually, my final HSC exam, 28 days that I have to set foot inside of my school.
13 years of the same routine about to end for good. I'm both stoked and scared, life begins in 4 months, at the start of next year.
I'm in the process of applying and visiting universities and other tertiary education centres, and also applying for jobs. I'm considering lots of different options, including getting official training and degree's in a second language, some kind of design degree and government work. I decided these are the three things I can basically take overseas with me, to the country I wish to move to, Finland.
Hi, my name is Sam, I'm 18 and live in a small tourist driven town in Australia. I'm currently completing my final year of high school and learning a second language, Finnish, which is obvious from the title, 'tervetuloa minun maailmaani' which translates to 'welcome to my world.'
I'm quite different to most people, I have a strange way of seeing things, and a bad habit of envisioning things which never quite go to plan. I've been through hell and come out a better person, and I can't stand those who use their past as an excuse to do bad things.
I love winter, food and travel so expect to see a lot of that. I have a serious love for Finland and all things Finnish, and I would love to live their in the future, hopefully the not too distant future.
I have a few close friends who I spend a lot of time doing things with, a lovely toy poodle and a dysfunctional family.
Most of what I'm going to post will either be things I'm doing, have seen, am reading, am writing or random thoughts.
So welcome to my life, tervetuloa elämääni. Enjoy.
CIT, the only place that handles tafe courses, degrees and apprenticeships. The Canberra Institute of technology was our second and only REAL stop for the Canberra open uni day. We were greeted at the entry path by CIT staff who directed us to the toilets and gave us a map to show where all the courses information was, as well as the lecture theatre and any daytime attractions. 
As we were leaving we were given free fairy floss, which we took to the car and sat and ate it in the car on our way to get actual food. So enjoy these photo's of myself, Jess and Mel eating fairy floss in the car park at CIT. 
Hopefully I'll be able to obtain the video of the Christmas Barn we visited and the photos of the clothes we forced Jess to try on at a few stores from Mel and post them in the next few days.
